If you want to learn the fundamentals of programming, don't get bogged down with pages of technical jargon that most books on the market offer! No previous Visual Studio experience required for CLEARLY VISUAL BASIC: PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 2010, 2E by the best-selling author, Diane Zak. This innovative text is designed for a first course in programming teaching the basics through visualization and application. Using the most recent version of the software, Visual Basic 2010, beginners will learn solid programming principles and knowledge that is easily transferable to other languages.

Here's the book you need to prepare for the Developing Web Applications (70-305) and Developing Windows-based Applications (70-306) MCAD and MCSD exams

Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded "no repro" problem with IntelliTrace.

"With the application development community so focused on the Smart Client revolution, a book that covers VSTO from A to Z is both important and necessary. This book lives up to big expectations. It is thorough, has tons of example code, and covers Office programming in general terms--topics that can be foreign to the seasoned .NET developer who has focused on ASP.NET applications for years. Congratulations to Eric Lippert and Eric Carter for such a valuable work!" --Tim Huckaby, CEO, InterKnowlogy, Microsoft regional director "This book covers in a clear and concise way all of the ins and outs of programming with Visual Studio Tools for Office. Given the authors' exhaustive experiences with this subject, you can't get a more authoritative description of VSTO than this book!" --Paul Vick, technical lead, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Corporation"Eric and Eric really get it. Professional programmers will love the rich power of Visual Studio and .NET, along with the ability to tap into Office programmability. This book walks you through programming Excel, Word, InfoPath, and Outlook solutions."

Visual Studio 2010 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including dynamic language support to full support and tooling for developing Silverlight applications, Visual Studio 2010, and the .NET Framework 4.0, make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. This course introduces the most important new features in Visual Studio 2010 for experienced Visual Studio developers.

Visual Studio 2010 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including dynamic language support to full support and tooling for developing Silverlight applications. The .NET Framework 4.0 makes it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. This course introduces the most important new features in Visual Studio 2010 for experienced Visual Studio developers.

Since no other book covers the vc++ migration issues in details, this book is must for the VC++ programmers out these who wants to migrate to VC++.NET.

Completely explains the crucial Visual Basic tool set in detail. Covers the best Visual Basic programming practices, from design tools to flowcharts. Contains 1,000 pages of everything Visual Basic 6, from radio buttons and checkboxes to XOR drawings, OLE automation, DHTML page design, and Internet Explorer 4 support.

Persuasion is the art of changing the way people think, feel, and act through the use of language. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Persuasion provides strategies for the readers to master the art of persuasion in a positive manner. By using time-honored tools of communication, body language, and psychology, readers can use persuasion to do good things like convince kids to eat their veggies, women to get annual mammograms, and couples to communicate without arguing.

You're no idiot, of course. You pick the best vacation spots, plan the most exciting parties, and even have time to catch your breath and take a nature walk or witness an occasional solar eclipse. But when it comes to making all of those memorable events in your life just as exciting and unforgetable on film, you feel like you're pointing your camera in the dark.

You're no idiot, of course. You pick the best vacation spots, plan the most exciting parties, and even have time to catch your breath and take a nature walk or witness an occasional solar eclipse. But when it comes to making all of those memorable events in your life just as exciting and unforgetable on film, you feel like you're pointing your camera in the dark.

Some might think this book proves that the Complete Idiot's series is running out of subjects to simplify, but it is more likely evidence that psychic phenomena have finally found acceptance in the mainstream. The perfect bridge between the mundane and the paranormal, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Psychic introduces readers to forms of extrasensory perception (ESP)--such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and precognition--and discusses ways to improve personal psychic abilities. Arranged much like a classroom text, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Psychic offers plenty of history on psychic phenomena and information on how established scientific fields view and study the subject. Sidebars handle jargon and technical information with easy-to-understand definitions and examples. You don't have to be a complete idiot to read this book, but even if you are, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Psychic will take the mystery out of ESP.

This book would have been such a big help back then. It’s still a big help now! Music is a communicative art, and the first persons the composer, arranger, or players must communicate with are other musicians. To a beginner, or to the uninitiated, written music may seem like an American trying to read Mandarin

You're no idiot, of course. You know that monsters don't really live in your closet, the dark can't hurt you, and, statistically speaking, that flying is safer than the freeway you use every day. But when it comes to facing your own fears and anxieties, you feel like climbing on a chair and screaming you lungs out. Don't run screaming just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conquering Fear and Anxiety gives the strategies, tactics, and weapons you need to slay those inner demons, so you can go on and live you life.

From reading music and learning chords, to understanding music notation or buying an instrument, an expert author tells aspiring pianists how to get started. Learn posture, positioning, fingering, notations, and drills, with advice from a master. And this new edition features an introduction to music notation, explains how to use the pedals, and offers strategies for mastering major and minor scales.